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HARRISON FORD - Plane crashes...actor seriously injured
tmz ^ | 3-5-15

Posted on 03/05/2015 3:38:20 PM PST by doug from upland

A small plane piloted by Harrison Ford has crash-landed at an L.A. golf course ... but we're told the actor has survived. TMZ has learned ... Ford was piloting what appears to be a vintage 2-seater fighter plane Thursday ... when something went wrong and he crashed into Penmar golf course in Venice, CA. We're told Ford suffered multiple gashes to his head and was bleeding. Two doctors who happened to be at the golf course rushed over to treat the actor. Emergency personnel arrived to the scene a short time later. Ford was transported to a nearby hospital. 72-year-old Ford is a longtime aviator -- piloting planes and helicopters -- and has crashed multiple times in the past. Story developing ...

Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz3TYdZxufz


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: harrisonford; hollywood; planecrash
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To: momtothree

I agree.


41 posted on 03/05/2015 3:49:34 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: doug from upland

72 years old and has crshed multiple times before, maybe he better start thinking about letting others do the piloting. LOL!


42 posted on 03/05/2015 3:49:50 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: central_va

I think you can pick up your ball, walk around the hazard and drop it over your left shoulder ... no stroke penalty


43 posted on 03/05/2015 3:49:51 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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To: central_va
What’s the rule for playing around downed aircraft?

Ground under repair ?

44 posted on 03/05/2015 3:50:02 PM PST by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: taildragger

Thanks for the ID, very cool plane.


45 posted on 03/05/2015 3:50:15 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: doug from upland

Ryan PT-22 Recruit

http://www.warbirdalley.com/pt22.htm

History: The Ryan Recruit was the U.S. Army Air Corps’ first monoplane primary trainer. Initial testing of a single RYAN S-T-A (Sport-Trainer-A) resulted in an order for 15 more aircraft, re-designated the YPT-16, for evaluation in 1939. Finding this tandem two-seater to be an excellent design, the USAAC ordered a production batch of 30 aircraft, designated the PT-20. In 1941, the Army decided a new more powerful engine was needed to endure the rigors of training new pilots. Ryan Aeronautical replaced the inline engine of the previous version with a Kinner radial engine. The resulting PT-21 was so superior that many PT-16s and PT-20s were upgraded with the new engine, becoming PT-16As and PT-20As.

With flight training programs expanding across the United States, 1,023 more planes were ordered. These had an improved Kinner radial, no wheel spats, and the deletion of the main landing gear fairings. This became the PT-22. The Navy also ordered the Recruits and re-designated them as NR-1s, and the Netherlands ordered 25 Recruits and called them NR-3s. The Navy used these trainers until 1944, and the USAAC would retire the Recruit at the end of World War Two.

Today there are flying examples of each variant to be found across North America. There are also examples operated by warbird enthusiasts in the UK and Australia.

Nicknames: “Maytag Messerschmitt”

Specifications (PT-22):
Engine: One 160-hp Kinner R-540-1 five-cylinder radial engine
Weight: Empty 1,313 lbs., Max Takeoff 1,860 lbs.
WIng Span: 30ft. 1in.
Length: 22ft. 5in.
Height: 6ft. 10in.
Performance:
Maximum Speed: 131 mph
Ceiling: 15,000 ft.
Range: 352 miles
Armament: None

Number Built: ~1273

Number Still Airworthy: 85+


46 posted on 03/05/2015 3:50:23 PM PST by DFG ("Dumb, Dependent, and Democrat is no way to go through life" - Louie Gohmert (R-TX))
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To: doug from upland

Looks like a Ryan PT 22 Trainer....WW2 vintage.


47 posted on 03/05/2015 3:50:55 PM PST by judicial meanz ("Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here" -- Captain John Pa)
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To: doug from upland

Flying’s dangerous enough without dealing with rickety vintage equipment. If he recovers, he needs to move on to modern aircraft.


48 posted on 03/05/2015 3:51:03 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: doug from upland

After his accident on the new Star Wars set, I wonder how much longer this guy’s going to last!


49 posted on 03/05/2015 3:51:22 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: doug from upland

Looks like a PT-22 an early trainer????


50 posted on 03/05/2015 3:51:40 PM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: DFG
Number Still Airworthy: 85+

84+

51 posted on 03/05/2015 3:52:19 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: doug from upland

"It's Dr. Beeper. We were about to tee off, but Harrison Ford just crashed in the back nine, so call the hospital and move my appointment with Mrs. Bellows back 90 minutes...Just snake a tube down her nose and I'll be there...in four or five hours."


52 posted on 03/05/2015 3:52:50 PM PST by COBOL2Java ("God save America" - we are at the dawn of a new dark age)
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To: doug from upland
I hope he's alright.

But ...

If you saw the movie, you can fill in the rest ...

53 posted on 03/05/2015 3:52:55 PM PST by x
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To: doug from upland

She will not be making the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs anytime soon...


54 posted on 03/05/2015 3:53:00 PM PST by FredZarguna (Every time you type "LOL" the entire Internet knows you're a dumbass.)
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To: Timocrat
24-2. Immovable Obstruction

• a. Interference Interference by an immovable obstruction occurs when a ball lies in or on the obstruction, or when the obstruction interferes with the player’s stance or the area of his intended swing. If the player’s ball lies on the putting green, interference also occurs if an immovable obstruction on the putting green intervenes on his line of putt. Otherwise, intervention on the line of play is not, of itself, interference under this Rule.

• b. Relief Except when the ball is in a water hazard or a lateral water hazard, a player may take relief from interference by an immovable obstruction as follows: (i) Through the Green: If the ball lies through the green, the player must lift the ball and drop it, without penalty, within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief. The nearest point of relief must not be in a hazard or on a putting green. When the ball is dropped within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, the ball must first strike a part of the course at a spot that avoids interference by the immovable obstruction and is not in a hazard and not on a putting green.

55 posted on 03/05/2015 3:53:08 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: doug from upland

No way to get a HOLE-IN-ONE


56 posted on 03/05/2015 3:53:35 PM PST by Paul46360 (..)
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To: doug from upland

“2-seater fighter plane “

Looks like a fighter plane; looks like probably a B52 fighter plane.


57 posted on 03/05/2015 3:53:48 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Pants up; don't loot)
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To: taildragger
Ryan PT-22, engine issues is my guess....

Given the amount of money he has, shouldn't he have had the engine completely overhauled, with new parts machined from scratch, if necessary? Or do these guys get a kick out of the pilot's equivalent of Russian roulette?

58 posted on 03/05/2015 3:54:14 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: jazusamo

One of my old buds crashed his little plane 5 times. His divorce papers say....no children in his plane....forever.


59 posted on 03/05/2015 3:54:28 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: doug from upland
That's a PT-22, one of the most dangerous and difficult to fly WWII trainers they made. You do not want to be in one in high density altitude conditions

The Kinner engine is underpowered for the airframe and very unreliable, especially now that the supply of parts for overhaul have dried up.

The accident rates in WWII were so bad the aircraft was retired when other trainers were available in volume.

They are a very, very cool looking airplane that flies much worse than it looks. They should stay on the ground in a museum.

I will not fly in one to save my soul. Harrison Ford should have stayed away too.

60 posted on 03/05/2015 3:54:29 PM PST by rdcbn
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